October 10, 2001 facts
It was the 3rd Wednesday of 2001. If you were born on this date, your birthday numbers 10, 17, and 2001 reveal that your life path number is 3. Your zodiac sign is Libra with a ruling planet Venus, your birthstone is the Opal and Tourmaline, and your birth flower is the Marigold. You are 22 old, and were born in the 2000s, in the middle of Generation Z. The generation you are born into makes an impact on your life. Swipe up to find out what it all means.

→ October 17, 2001 was a Wednesday
→ Zodiac sign for this date is Libra
→ This date was 8,198 days ago
→ 2001 was the Year of the Serpent
→ In 2024, October 17 is on Friday
→ You are 24 years old in Korean Age

View must-know October 17, 2001 birthday facts that no one tells you about, such as your life path number, birthstone, ruling planet, zodiac sign and birth flower.

You have been alive for:

People born on this day will turn 23 in exactly .

If you were born on this date:

You have been alive for . You were born in the Year of the Serpent. Your birth sign is Libra, with a ruling planet Venus. On your birthday, the moon was in New 🌑 phase, and there were precisely 278 full moons after you were born to this day. Your billionth second will happen sometime on June 25, 2033.

→ You’ve slept 2,733 days or 7.49 years.
→ Your next birthday is away
→ You’ve been alive
→ You were born in the Year of the Serpent
→ You have been alive 196,759 hours
→ You are 11,805,584 minutes old
→ Age on next birthday: 23 years old

You were born on a Wednesday

October 17, 2001, was the 3rd Wednesday of that year. It was also the 290th day and 10th month of 2001 in the Georgian calendar. The next time you can reuse the 2001 calendar will be in 2029. Both calendars will be exactly the same.

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You’ve slept 33% of your life!

Assuming you’ve been sleeping 8 hours daily since birth. Here is how much time you’ve spent sleeping so far:

You’ve slept 7.49 years of your life.
You’ve slept 90 month of your life.
You’ve slept 390 week of your life.
You’ve slept 2,733 days of your life.

Did you know you have taken approximately 165,271,680 breaths since your birth? Moreover, using 80 beats per minute as average, your heart has beaten over 944,409,600 times. You have also blinked over 200,687,040 times in your lifetime.


#1 Song on your birthday

The number one song in the US on the day of your birth was "I'm Real" by Jennifer Lopez (Billboard Hot 100 – October 17, 2001). Ask your parents if they remember this popular song. The number 1 DJ in the world was John Digweed followed by Sasha and Danny Tenaglia according to DJ Mag.

Celebrities born on October 17, 2001

You share a birthday with You share a birthday with Ariana Zolciak (reality star)

We have over 150,000 celebrities in our database. We will continue to update this list with matching birthdays, so bookmark this page and check back often. You can also find all celebrity birthdays born on October 17, 2001.


Holidays on October 17, 2001

Here are a few holidays that are celebrated on your birthday:

We track thousands of holidays, you can view all of the holidays on October 17 here.

What happened on October 17th

Below are some of the most important historical events that happened on 17 October 2001.

  • Battle at Tours (Poitiers): Charles Martel's Frankish and Burgundian forces beat those of al-Andalus under Abdul Rahman Al Ghafiqi halting Islamic influence (date disputed).
  • French and British forces bombard Sevastopol for the first time during the Crimean War.
  • Guglielmo Marconi's company begins the first commercial transatlantic wireless service between Glace Bay, Nova Scotia, Canada and Clifden, Ireland.
  • Burma railway completed, built by Allied POWs and Asian laborers for use of the Japanese army.
  • OPEC oil ministers use oil as an economic weapon in the Arab-Israeli War, mandating a cut in exports and recommending an embargo against unfriendly states.
  • Sports in 2001

    NBA – Los Angeles Lakers beat Philadelphia 76ers (4 - 1) to win the 2001 NBA Finals. to win the NBA Finals.

    NHL – Colorado Avalanche defeated New Jersey Devils (4 - 3) to win the 2001 Stanley Cup. to win the Stanley Cup.

    NFL – Baltimore Ravens beat New York Giants (34 - 7) to win Super Bowl XXXV on January 28, 2001 in Tampa Bay, FL.

    MLB – Arizona Diamondbacks beat New York Yankees (4 - 3) to win the 2001 World Series. to win the World Series.

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    Your life path number is 3

    So what does your birthday really say about you and what does your life path number mean? On the next page, we’ll explain what your birth sign, ruling planet, age generation, birthstone, and birth flower mean — and more!

    Continue to the next page to discover the answers to the most important questions about your birthday.